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Nawanshahr population.Households, literacy and work. Primary Census Abstract for this town in Punjab, using 2011 geography.
Historical geographic unit. Census 2011 town boundary and classification. The primary total is the single published town row. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population 46,024 people
Households 10,073 PCA households
Literacy rate 85% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 34.24% % of all residents
Population, children, literacy and work by sex Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Indicator · Census 2011 Total Males Females Populationpeople 46,024 23,835 22,189 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 4,649 2,454 2,195 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 35,169 19,007 16,162 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 85% 88.9% 80.83% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 16,283 8,482 7,801 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 0 0 0 Total workersCensus workers 15,760 12,901 2,859 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 34.24% 54.13% 12.88% Main workersworked at least 6 months 14,283 12,002 2,281 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,477 899 578 Non-workerspeople 30,264 10,934 19,330
Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.
Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract Source access notes and archived workbooks
What stands out in this profile? Census 2011 recorded 10,073 households and 46,024 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.1% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 88.9% for males and 80.83% for females. Of 15,760 workers, 90.63% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 129 22 Agricultural labourers 304 51 Household industry workers 580 41 Other workers 13,270 1,363
The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.
Source components of this town Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Published component District code Subdistrict code People Nawanshahr (M Cl) 039 00218 46,024
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.